The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-09
ocH1LmREE AND MR.. FIELD.
Mistaken View of Great Financier
and millionaire.

and Millionaire.
vrw YoEk. May While l always
ow that Cyi-ls w. Field was most
,rtlv gentleman, was under the impress
that it would be about us hard for a
a. not connected in business with him, to
n.,oacb him during business hours as it
XII he for a Nihilist TO obtain an audience
.4b the Gar OF Russia. This impression
r,,ited from an attempt to interview him
40 unon q matter of great Importance
ant which | knew that he was not disin-
;oad 10 talk, but he would not spare a
NJ from his business. In fact, | have
avn some of the leading financiers of the
Sntly to call upon him with schemes that
eventually became interested in and at
II be refused an audience. The other
" he broke this rule and gave two hours
| his valuable time to listen to number of
ii Thomas P. Ochiltree's stories.
Senator Hearst, OF California, and num-
y. nf other wealthy men are interested in
,,;-,ai to call to Mr. Fields attention Mr..
,arst knowing what difficult matter it
e. 10 see Mr.. Field, delegated Col. Ochiltree
4 present the matter to him, as well as Mr..
kpanuel Motz, who is the Superintendent
4 tha mine Mr.. MOTT, like Col. Ochiltree,
fond of telling a good yarn, and he is
6adv at any time to give an important
fnSi9ess matter second place to story
Invhow the other day Ochiltree and Motz
faIt tn Mr.. Fields office and sent in their
[ords In their turn they were received by
f. millionaire. Mr.. Field seemed to be de-
Eahtod TO meet Ochiltree and to consider it
ITaief from his business cares. Mr.. Field
|annened to mention Ell Paso, Texas, when
FnI Ochiltree remarked: THAT puts me in
hind of story"
II shall never forget, he continued, "the
hst time that was in Ell Paso. At that
Sne II was filed with border ruffians, and
here was no more value placed on human
lie than on the existence OF member OF the
nimeI creation. After breakfast one morn
10 went into a barber shop to get shaved.
H. barber was a long-haired individual,
la over the mirror hung a rifle and on
bch side of it a revolver. The barber
new who | was very well, and was
Sarticularly polite. After putting the
bther on my face he happened to glance
Round. and suddenly said: %, you will
lave to excuse me moment, Col. Ochiltree,
Mere is a couple of men outside who have said
Rey intended to kill me- Without saying
nv more the barber reached up, took down
rs rife. fired two shots, and both of the
hen I afterwards learned, fell dead. He
hme back and proceeded to shave me in the
host unconceTned, methodical manner,
While. in an Indifferent way, he told me
bout what he had done. 1t seemed like
4 ours while he was shaving me, and never
lit so relieved in my life as when | got out
ii the chair"
Just as Col Ochiltree concluded his story
he cards of a number of business men were
Il i l.. rn1s1
hat they would have to wait. Then Mr..
Notz insisted upon telling a story. He said
Ehat he had 500 monkeys employed on a
glnall plantation adjoining his farm.
six Monkeys said Mr.. Motz, "can
bick as much cotton as one negro, and it
hosts practically nothing to keep them, but
finally had to let them go. The colOred
Ind white help around there formed an
organization which boycOtted me. Finally
4 was made a social outcast. The neighbors
refused to associate with me and considered
be the meanest white man in that part of
be country. So l was compelled to remove
he monkey labor and employ other help.
Then used the monkeys to scratch gravel
b. my mine. The first time / let off blast
II terrified them so that there was a regular
stampede and over half of them disappeared /;
Ehe others Ihave shipped up here to New
D ork, and have been selling them TO Italian
bryan grinders "
When this story was finished nearly an
hour of Mr.. Fields valuable time had been
taken up and cards continued to be sent into
him, so that Col. Ochiltree and his friend
Mr. Motz retired without explaining the
object OF their visit
When they came back to the hotel, where
Senator Hearst was awaiting them, they
were asked what success they had.
well, to tell the truth" said Col. Ochil-
rec MOTT and l got to telling Field so
many stories and occupied so much of his
lime that was really ashamed to use any
more of it talking business to him, SO l
1idn't mention the NATTER
The practical California Senator expressed
a great lack of conf ;ence in the business
ability of his two agents, but added, on
nearing some of the stories, that they were
pretty good hands at retailing stale stories.
HARRY WALKER.